Age preferences for mates as related to gender, own age, and involvement level

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 241-250

  Buunk, Bram P ^a   Dijkstra, Pieternel ^a   Kenrick, Douglas T ^b   Warntjes, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age preferences; Evolutionary psychology; Mate selection; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000823441     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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